Patents by Inventor Fuller Warren Bazer

Fuller Warren Bazer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Antitumor therapy using ovine or bovine interferon-tau
    Patent number: 5958402
    Abstract: The invention provides antitumor therapeutic methods employing bovine or ovine interferon-tau (IFN-.tau.) proteins and polypeptides. The IFN-.tau. proteins exhibit the antiviral and antiproliferative properties characteristic of type I interferons. An advantage of the invention is that IFN-.tau. has essentially no cytotoxic effects on treated cells as does, for example, IFN-.alpha..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: Fuller Warren Bazer, Howard Marcellus Johnson, Carol Hanlon Pontzer, Troy Lee Ott, Gino Van Heeke
  • Antiviral therapy using ovine or bovine interferon-tau
    Patent number: 5942223
    Abstract: The invention provides antiviral therapeutic methods employing bovine or ovine interferon-tau (IFN-.tau.) proteins and polypeptides. The IFN-.tau. proteins exhibit the antiviral and antiproliferative properties characteristic of type I interferons. An advantage of the invention is that IFN-.tau. has essentially no cytotoxic effects on treated cells as does, for example, IFN-.alpha..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: Fuller Warren Bazer, Howard Marcellus Johnson, Carol Hanlon Pontzer, Troy Lee Ott, Gino Van Heeke